diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2101587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# .dockerignore
+.git
+.github
+.env
+*.pyc
+__pycache__
+.pytest_cache
+.coverage
+*.egg-info
+.venv
+.llamastack-venv
+*.log
+.DS_Store
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diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74db433
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# .env.template - Template for Environment Variables
+# Copy this file to .env and modify the values as needed
+
+# vLLM Configuration
+VLLM_URL=https://your-model-endpoint/v1/completions
+VLLM_MAX_TOKENS=4096
+VLLM_API_TOKEN=your-api-token
+VLLM_TLS_VERIFY=false
+
+# Kubernetes Configuration
+K8S_NAMESPACE=default
+K8S_SERVICE_ACCOUNT=
+
+# LMEval Provider Configuration
+LMEVAL_USE_K8S=true
+LMEVAL_DEFAULT_TOKENIZER=google/flan-t5-base
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diff --git a/Dockerfile.local b/Dockerfile.local
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af13d66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.local
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# Dockerfile for llama-stack-provider-lmeval (Local Development)
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.11
+FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-slim
+
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install system dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    git \
+    curl \
+    wget \
+    build-essential \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Install uv for fast Python package management
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir uv
+
+# Set environment variable for uv to use system Python
+ENV UV_SYSTEM_PYTHON=1
+
+# Copy project files first (for better layer caching)
+COPY pyproject.toml README.md LICENSE ./
+
+# Install dependencies
+RUN uv pip install --no-cache -e ".[dev]"
+
+# Copy source code
+COPY src/ ./src/
+COPY tests/ ./tests/
+COPY pytest.ini ./
+
+# Copy demo and configuration files
+COPY demo/ ./demo/
+COPY providers.d/ ./providers.d/
+COPY run.yaml ./run.yaml
+
+# Create directories for llama stack with proper permissions
+RUN mkdir -p /.llama/providers.d /.cache && \
+    chmod -R 777 /.llama /.cache
+
+# Remove uv after installation (following Meta's pattern)
+RUN pip uninstall -y uv
+
+# Expose port
+EXPOSE 8321
+
+# Set Python path
+ENV PYTHONPATH=/app/src:$PYTHONPATH
+
+# Default entrypoint
+ENTRYPOINT ["python", "-m", "llama_stack.distribution.server.server"]
+CMD ["--help"]
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..870e4a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+version: '3.8'
+
+services:
+  llama-stack-lmeval:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.local
+    image: llama-stack-lmeval:local
+    ports:
+      - "8321:8321"
+    volumes:
+      # Mount your run.yaml config file
+      - ./run.yaml:/app/run.yaml:ro
+      # Mount external providers directory
+      - ./providers.d:/app/providers.d:ro
+      # Mount source code for development (optional)
+      - ./src:/app/src:ro
+      # Mount tests for running them
+      - ./tests:/app/tests:ro
+    environment:
+      - PYTHONPATH=/app/src
+      # Environment variables that can be overridden
+      - VLLM_URL=${VLLM_URL:-https://phi-3-predictor-llama-test.apps.rosa.p2i7w2k6p6w7t7e.3emk.p3.openshiftapps.com/v1/completions}
+      - VLLM_MAX_TOKENS=${VLLM_MAX_TOKENS:-4096}
+      - VLLM_API_TOKEN=${VLLM_API_TOKEN:-fake}
+      - VLLM_TLS_VERIFY=${VLLM_TLS_VERIFY:-true}
+    # Override default command to use your config
+    command: ["--config", "/app/run.yaml"]
+    # Or use this to run tests instead:
+    # command: ["python", "-m", "pytest", "tests/", "-v"]
+
+  # Service for running tests only
+  test:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.local
+    image: llama-stack-lmeval:local
+    volumes:
+      - ./src:/app/src:ro
+      - ./tests:/app/tests:ro
+      - ./pytest.ini:/app/pytest.ini:ro
+    environment:
+      - PYTHONPATH=/app/src
+    command: ["python", "-m", "pytest", "tests/", "-v"]
+    profiles: ["test"]
+
+  # Service for development with shell access
+  dev:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile.local
+    image: llama-stack-lmeval:local
+    volumes:
+      - ./src:/app/src
+      - ./tests:/app/tests
+      - ./run.yaml:/app/run.yaml
+      - ./providers.d:/app/providers.d
+    environment:
+      - PYTHONPATH=/app/src
+    command: ["bash"]
+    stdin_open: true
+    tty: true
+    profiles: ["dev"]
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1d78460..496bff2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ dependencies = [
     "aiosqlite",
     "uvicorn",
     "ipykernel",
+    "pydantic>=2.0",
+    "pyyaml",
+    "litellm",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/scripts/build-and-test.sh b/scripts/build-and-test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..df84e98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-and-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Color codes
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+# Error handler
+error_handler() {
+    echo -e "${RED}Error on line $1${NC}"
+    exit 1
+}
+trap 'error_handler $LINENO' ERR
+
+# Configuration
+IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_NAME:-llama-stack-lmeval}"
+VERSION="${VERSION:-local}"
+FULL_IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_NAME}:${VERSION}"
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}🚀 Building ${FULL_IMAGE_NAME} Docker image...${NC}"
+
+# Build the Docker image
+docker build -f Dockerfile.local -t "${FULL_IMAGE_NAME}" .
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}✅ Build completed successfully!${NC}"
+
+# Test the installation - Override entrypoint to run python directly
+echo -e "${YELLOW}🧪 Testing Python imports...${NC}"
+docker run --rm --entrypoint python "${FULL_IMAGE_NAME}" -c "
+import sys
+sys.path.insert(0, '/app/src')
+from llama_stack_provider_lmeval.config import LMEvalEvalProviderConfig
+from llama_stack_provider_lmeval.lmeval import LMEval
+print('✅ All imports successful!')
+"
+
+# Run the unit tests - Override entrypoint
+echo -e "${YELLOW}🧪 Running unit tests...${NC}"
+docker run --rm \
+  --entrypoint python \
+  -v "$(pwd)/src:/app/src:ro" \
+  -v "$(pwd)/tests:/app/tests:ro" \
+  -v "$(pwd)/pytest.ini:/app/pytest.ini:ro" \
+  -e PYTHONPATH=/app/src \
+  "${FULL_IMAGE_NAME}" \
+  -m pytest tests/ -v
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}🎉 All tests passed!${NC}"
+
+# Test the server help command (with default entrypoint)
+echo -e "${YELLOW}🔧 Testing server startup (help command)...${NC}"
+docker run --rm "${FULL_IMAGE_NAME}" --help
+
+# Display usage information
+cat << EOF
+
+${GREEN}📋 Usage Examples:${NC}
+===================
+
+1. Run the server with your config:
+   docker run -p 8321:8321 -v \$(pwd)/run.yaml:/app/run.yaml:ro \\
+     -v \$(pwd)/providers.d:/app/providers.d:ro \\
+     ${FULL_IMAGE_NAME} --config /app/run.yaml
+
+2. Run with docker-compose:
+   docker-compose up llama-stack-lmeval
+
+3. Run tests:
+   docker-compose --profile test up test
+
+4. Development shell:
+   docker-compose --profile dev run --rm dev
+
+${GREEN}✨ Your Docker image is ready: ${FULL_IMAGE_NAME}${NC}
+EOF
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diff --git a/scripts/run-server.sh b/scripts/run-server.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/src/llama_stack_provider_lmeval/__init__.py b/src/llama_stack_provider_lmeval/__init__.py
index f76a97e..0a3729f 100644
--- a/src/llama_stack_provider_lmeval/__init__.py
+++ b/src/llama_stack_provider_lmeval/__init__.py
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ async def get_adapter_impl(
         if deps is None:
             deps = {}
 
-
-
         # Extract base_url from config if available
         base_url = None
         if hasattr(config, "model_args") and config.model_args:
@@ -52,5 +50,4 @@ async def get_adapter_impl(
     # Configurations
     "LMEval",
     "get_provider_spec",
-
-]
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+]